[ELECTRON] Soldering Fumes

[Kyle Gordon]

On 06/02/12 19:42, James Beeley wrote:
>> I've never had any joy with fume extractors.  They make lots of fan
>> type noises, but the flux vapour still aims straight for you when you
>> solder.  I think the only decent fume extractors are the externally
>> ventilated ones, which are way too expensive for such a small amount
>> of soldering as is likely to occur in a fab-lab.
> I attached a 12V PC fan, powered by a PC power supply, to the arm and
> base from a broken anglepoise lamp. This allows the fan to be placed
> very close to the circuit being soldered and sucks the solder fumes away
> from me.
>
> Jim

http://jeelabs.org/2012/01/13/solder-fumes/